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Regionals Season

With the new year came the beginning of the regionals prepartion season for Regent Brass. Regent Brass played Eric Ball’s rhapsody High Peak. The prolific and legendary brass band composer Eric Ball wrote High Peak about a journey up a mountain, in 4 sections: Vision in which the climber views the high peak from the valley below, Aspiration, in which the climber decides to climb it and begins their preparations, Ascent in which the climber sets off, in high spirits…

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Regent Brass At The National Brass Band Championships Finals 2023

Following our 3rd place finish in the regional contest, on the 16th of September, Regent Brass headed to Cheltenham to take part in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain Finals in the 1st Section. The set test piece was St. James: A New Beginning by Philip Harper, a tribute to Sir Christopher Wren and the St James Church in Picadilly. The piece descriptively tells the story of the great fire of London in 1666, with its lively first…

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St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, Exterior

Westminster Abbey – Brass On The Grass 2023

On the 3rd of August, Regent Brass were due to play at College Gardens, Wesminster Abbey as part of the Brass on the Grass series. Adverse (rainy) weather conditions on the day forced the band indoors and the band played in the beautiful St. Margaret’s Chapel instead. We played a varied programme, everything from Phillip Sparke’s arrangement of Josef Zainwul’s Birdland to the classic Mack & Mabel overture to HK Gruber’s Demilitarized Zones. We featured 4 solo features: Marianne arranged…

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‘Raise the Roof’

The band were delighted to collaborate with the New Tottenham Singers in performing a fundraising concert on 15th July at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington aimed at raising funds to repair the church roof. The evening showcased John Rutter’s “Gloria”, a substantial three-movement work composed in 1974 for brass, choir and organ. The evening also featured arrangements of Rutter’s “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” and “Scarborough Fair”, drawing on a range of colour from the ensemble. We would like to extend…

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